White-chinned Petrel

Procellaria aequinoctialisLinnaeus, C, 1758

English (US) White-chinned Petrel

The White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.

Range: breeds islets of south temperate and subantarctic oceans north of Antarctic Convergence from Falkland Islands to southern outlying islands of New Zealand; ranges widely in southern oceans, to southern coasts of southern continents and subantarctic islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name: Procellaria aequinoctialis
Family: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels)
Order: Procellariiformes
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
English (US): White-chinned Petrel
Described by: Linnaeus, C, 1758

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Taxonomic history

Described by: Linnaeus, C, 1758
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope. Type from South Georgia, fide Dabbene, 1923, Hornero, 3, p. 5
Original description: Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.132

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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Taxonomic history

Other species of the family Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels